Ethnically and Culturally Inspired Music
About "Old McDonald's Farm In Ukraine "
This week I’m releasing “Old McDonald’s Farm In Ukraine”. In a new version of a traditional American folk song listeners get to meet girls named Anya, Yulia and Katya as well as Petro, Oleg and even a rooster named Boris!
My father’s family is from Kyiv in Ukraine so - in addition to fundraising - I’ve begun creating sets of ESL (English as a second language) materials for refugee kids. I’m trying to make these songs and materials funny and cute to help kids focus on something other than the stress of wartime. In this video, my idea was to set the song in Ukraine and make sure the kids had common names for Ukrainian children.
If you have an interest in these refugee resources, check out the Learn English With Music (Вчимо англійську з музикою) Youtube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi1jua6-z5WtiPc1DfpWM1Q
My father’s family is from Kyiv in Ukraine so - in addition to fundraising - I’ve begun creating sets of ESL (English as a second language) materials for refugee kids. I’m trying to make these songs and materials funny and cute to help kids focus on something other than the stress of wartime. In this video, my idea was to set the song in Ukraine and make sure the kids had common names for Ukrainian children.
If you have an interest in these refugee resources, check out the Learn English With Music (Вчимо англійську з музикою) Youtube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi1jua6-z5WtiPc1DfpWM1Q
